The South Plainfield Wrestling Team sent six wrestlers to compete in the New Jersey Individual State Wrestling Championships, March 2nd-4th. Thirty-two wrestlers throughout the state qualified for each weight class. South Plainfield placed two out of the six qualifiers in the State of New Jersey. Junior 195 pounder Luke Niemeyer became a state place winner for the first time in ...

The South Plainfield Wrestling Team finished its terrific season this past weekend at the New Jersey Individual State Wrestling Championships. The top four wrestlers from the Region Tournament in Union had the opportunity to wrestle in Atlantic City for an individual state title. The Tigers placed two out of their six qualifiers in the State of New Jersey, Senior 126 pounder Joe ...

Community Happenings

The South Plainfield Elks Motorcycle Committee in conjunction with the Veteran's Committee is hosting an evening with Jim Barone, who is an Elvis impersonator, on April 28th, 2018. Doors open at 7:00pm and the Show starts at 8:00pm. Tickets are $30.00 which includes the show and finger foods. Tickets are limited please contact Brian Csobar 908-756-9425 or SP Elks ...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - On Sunday March 11th South Plainfield current and former residents came out in force to support the Eggert Family and stand up against cancer. The Volleyball fundraiser was a great success and would not have happened without all of the great support from the community. Once again South Plainfield showed that we are a tight knit community who looks out for each ...

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The Department of Public Works will have three separate crews performing tree and branch removal tomorrow March 17th. All branches and twigs should be brought to the curb. Cleanup efforts will not be completed tomorrow. This will be an on-going effort to remove all debris from the Borough. Additionally, the yard waste site will be operating on summer hours which are 8:00am – ...

In Cold Blood is, quite simply, the grand-daddy of true crime writing, dubbed by Capote, himself, as the first non-fiction novel (although Norman Mailer argued the point when he published The Executioner's Song in 1979.) The conditions under which I read In Cold Blood for the first time were pretty weird, which was another ...

Did you miss a movie that you wanted to see in the theaters and don’t want to pay to rent it or for the DVD? Come to “Monday Night Movies” at the library. It’s all the fun of a movie theater but none of the cost. We are showing brand new releases every Monday night and we will be providing popcorn for all who attend. This week’s movie stars Margot Robbie ...

The South Plainfield Knights of Columbus Council 6203 held their annual Keystone Special Citizens Community Lunch at the Holy Savior Academy on March 10th. Every Month Father John Alvarado from Sacred Heart Church holds a special Mass for the Mentally Challenged residents from the Keystone Community as well as other residents from Middlesex County. This month’s theme was St ...

In a country that is more racially divided than ever, our churches reflect the divide on Sunday morning. In America, we miss the mark on integrating the faces and lives of many races and ethnicities into our Christian communities.

LifeWay conducted a survey of 994 churchgoers who attend religious services more frequently than just holidays. They also surveyed 1,000 Protestant senior pastors of ...

Press Releases

The South Plainfield Recycling Complex on Kenneth Avenue will be closed on Friday, March 30 for Good Friday. The Recycling Center will be open instead from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, March 29. The Recycling Center will be open as usual on Saturday, March 31 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and the Yard Waste Site will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (summer ...